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interpretaciones a cuál más fantástica.

English translation: the most fantastic interpretations


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Spanish term or phrase:interpretaciones a cuál más fantástica.
English translation:the most fantastic interpretations
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15:50 May 10, 2011
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Spanish term or phrase: interpretaciones a cuál más fantástica.
Los naturalistas y filósofos de la antigüedad no comprendieron correctamente la verdadera naturalezade los fósiles y dieron de ellos interpretaciones a cuál más fantástica.
Néstor Fabián Pereira
United States
the most fantastic interpretations
Explanation:
see page 4

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:CgUPcdRtaD4J:www.a...
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:11
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4the most fantastic interpretationsliz askew
4 +2ever more bizarre interpretations of them.
James A. Walsh
4imaginary interpretations
Muriel Vasconcellos
4(arrived at) very fanciful/utterly fantastic interpretations of them
Jenni Lukac
Summary of reference entries provided
meaning
Cecilia Rey

  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
the most fantastic interpretations


Explanation:
see page 4

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:CgUPcdRtaD4J:www.a...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 78

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cecilia Rey
1 min
  -> Gracias y saludos!

agree  philgoddard
11 mins
  -> Thank you!

agree  Jorge Arteaga M.D.
19 mins
  -> Gracias y saludos Dr.!

agree  Dr Neil Ashby: "of which they made...." sounds more natural than the "of them" ending.
19 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(arrived at) very fanciful/utterly fantastic interpretations of them


Explanation:
We are very familiar with coal, which is composed largely of fossilised plant ... objects that were to be found in rocks, and many very fanciful ideas. ... Scientists who studied the fossil record (palaeontologists) in Darwin's day were..www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/.../fossilsandfossilisation/..... better represented in the fossil record than those that are soft-bodied. ... and very difficult to classify (Bandel and Leich, 1986; ..... Although perhaps a fanciful explanation of how the Argonaut got its shell (see ...
grizzlie.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3bio/bio443/.../divergence_time_estimates.pdf

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 07:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
interpretaciones a cuál más fantástica.
ever more bizarre interpretations of them.


Explanation:
My take on it.

Example sentence(s):
  • Los naturalistas y filósofos de la antigüedad no comprendieron correctamente la verdadera naturalezade los fósiles y dieron de ellos interpretaciones a cuál más fantástica.
  • Naturalists and philosophers from the Ancient World did not understand the true nature of fossils correctly and dreamt up/concocted ever more bizarre interpretations of them.
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 07:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lourdes Sanchez: right I was out of context AGREE :)
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Lourdes. Although, I'm not sure why you suggested adding 'to'?

agree  Dr. Andrew Frankland
9 mins
  -> Thank you, Andrew.
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3 days13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
imaginary interpretations


Explanation:
I don't think it's intended to be terribly dramatic, simply that they didn't have the data to be fully accurate.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 22:11
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Reference information:
I hope this helps:

Los científicos les dieron distintas interpretaciones a los fósiles, una interpretación más fantástica que la otra.

Cecilia Rey
Argentina
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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